Chushi gang drug

Chushi Gangdrug ( Tibetan ཆུ་ བཞི་ སྒང་ དྲུག Wylie chu bzhi sgang drug ) was a Tibetan guerrilla movement that aimed to overthrow the rule of the People's Republic of China in Tibet , which had existed since 1950 . The symbol of Chushi Gangdrugs is the Dotö flag , on which two crossed swords can be seen against a yellow background. The background color symbolizes Buddhism . One sword stands for fearlessness, the other burns and symbolizes the sword of the wisdom of Manjushri . At the time of King Lang Darma ( Wylie : glang dar ma ), Chushi Gangdrug united the regions of Kham and Amdo .

Dotoe flag

History from 1957

In 1957, Chushi Gangdrug organized the celebration of the golden throne for the 14th Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatsho as a symbol of his appointment as leader over all of Tibet and his existence as holiness. The ceremony took place on July 4, 1957 in Norbulingka . Furthermore, the 14th Dalai Lama was asked by Chushi Gangdrug for a Kalacakra blessing in 1957, which he accepted.

The Chushi Gangdrug guerrilla movement of volunteer fighters to defend Tibet was launched on June 16, 1958. Chushi Gangdrug means land of four rivers and six mountains and originally belongs to the Kham region. Tibetans from Kham and Amdo, led by Jimpa Gyatsho, took part in the armed struggle with the aim of preventing the People's Republic of China from taking over the achievements of the Tibetan ruling class. The armed resistance was supported by the CIA under President Dwight D. Eisenhower without a formal request from the then Tibetan government in Lhasa . The CIA supplied both weapons and ammunition, and fighters from the Chushi Gangdrug and other Tibetan guerrilla groups were trained by the CIA in Camp Hale , Colorado . The Republic of China under Chiang Kai-shek also supported Chushi Gangdrug. The commander-in-chief of Chushi Gangdrugs was Andrug Gönpo Trashi from Litang .

In 1959 there was the Tibet uprising and the 14th Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet.

In 1960 Chushi Gangdrug consisted of about 3,000 fighters.

In 1972 the CIA stopped supporting the Chushi Gangdruks guerrilla base in Mustang on the occasion of Richard Nixon's new beginning and the subsequent improvement in Sino-American relations. The 14th Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatsho said the Tibetans should lay down their arms and surrender peacefully.

Commander Chushi Gangdruks

• Andruk Gönpo Trashi
• Iago Namgyel Dorje
• Taopan Rinchen Tshering
• Baba Gen Yeshe
• Khachen Gyatsho
• Kelsang Chodzin

See also

• List of Tibet Organizations

literature

• Action on the abdomen . In: Der Spiegel . No. 40 , 1975, pp. 160 ( online ).

Web links

• www.chushigangdruk.org (English)
• Georges Dreyfus: Are We Prisoners of Shangrila?
• www.state.gov: Foreign Relations Of The United States 1964-1968 Volume XXX China
• en: Tibetan resistance movement
• en: Camp Hale

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dotoe or Dotoe is derived from Tibet. mdo stod , one of the various expressions for Eastern Tibet or parts of Eastern Tibet. See the discussion of this term in The Eastern Part of the Tibetan Plateau - Amdo (PDF; 221 kB)
2. ↑ chushigangdrug.ch via the Dotoe flag
3. ↑ chushigangdruk.org: History (English) ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ worldblog.de: Tibetan Association of Dhotoe Chushi Gangdrug, Europe (German) ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ www.nationmaster.com about Chushi gang drug (English)